TODAY: X-rays uncovered a ruptured helping hand for Seager, director Dave Roberts told MLB.com’s Juan Toribio and other reporters post-game. Seager will be placed on the 10 -day IL prior to Sunday’s game, and the timetable for his return isn’t yet clear.

MAY 15: Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager left tonight’s competition in the fifth inning after hard hit in the right hand/ wrist country by a pitch from Marlins southpaw Ross Detwiler. Seager was immediately removed and didn’t take first base, as Sheldon Neuse replaced Seager as a pinch-runner.

There isn’t yet any name on the severity of Seager’s injury, though even a day-to-day type of absence wouldn’t be good news for a Dodger team that already has spate of key personnel on the injured list. Just today, AJ Pollock met such specifies as Cody Bellinger, Tony Gonsolin, David Price, Brusdar Graterol, Scott Alexander, and Zach McKinstry on the short-term IL, while Dustin May and Edwin Rios have suffered season-ending injuries. Losing Seager would be a particularly tough blow considering both his status as one of the game’s best shortstops, and because the Dodgers’ breadth at the position is already reduced by the is a lack of utilityman McKinstry.

In the event of a interminable need for Seager, Chris Taylor or Gavin Lux would likely take the reins at shortstop, though moving Taylor out of center field could require Mookie Betts to alter over to midst and thus open up a opening in right field. A cleanser move would be Lux to shortstop, Max Muncy to second base and an Albert Pujols/ Yoshi Tsutsugo combining at first base, though Lux has struggled naughtily at the plate this season. Fortunately for Los Angeles, Bellinger and McKinstry are both close to beginning rehab assignments, though that wouldn’t help in the short term if Seager is out.

Seager is hitting. 265/.361 /. 422 with four home runs over his first 169 illustration impressions of the season. Though his 121 wRC+ is down from the 152 wRC+ announced over 232 PA in 2020, a Seager who stays healthful and fertile throughout the season will be well-positioned to be one of the top free agent of the 2021 -2 2 offseason.

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